Lady&#39;s belt, collar, or the like.



jNo. 723,961. L PATBNTBD MAR. 31, 1903;

y B. 0. WHITTLBSEY. 1

LADYS BELT, COLLAR, OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED ooT.1, 1902.

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vvUNIIEI); STATES EDITH o. wI-IITTLEsEY, or sr. PAUL,`

ATENT OFFICE.

MINNESOTA, AssIGNoE or oNE-IIALE TO NELSON W. CLARK, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, AND ARTHUR P.

LOTI-IROP AND H. S. JOHNSON, OF

sr. PAUL, iniivivnsorn.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N O. 7 23,961, dated March 31, 1 903.

Application iilecl October l, 1902.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDITH O. WHITTLESEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulIm provenientsin Ladies Belts,Collars, or the Like, of which the following is a speciflcation.

My invention relates to improvements in ladies belts, collars, and the like; and it consists, generally speaking, in a row of rings through which are threaded ribbons which hold the rings flexibly together.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a front View of part of a belt embodying my invention made of two rows of rings with interlaced ribbons and with links exibly connecting the two rows. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail of a belt made of a single row of rings connected by an interlaced ribbon, and Fig. 4 is a section on line of Fig. 8.

In the drawings, A A represent rings of metal or other suitable material. The rings are placed in a row in overlapping position, as shown in the drawings, and the ribbon B is threaded through them. It will be seen that the ribbon passes over one side of each lng, through the opening thereof, and under the overlapping portion of the next preceding ring in the row, thence being bent or turned upon itself to pass up over the overlapping portion of the next succeeding ring and under the other side of the original ring rst mentioned. As thus interlaced the ribbon forms a iiexible connection between the rings and holds them from separation, at the same time giving the belt a fluffy appearance. To relieve the tension upon the ribbon when the belt is drawn tightly around the body and to prevent the rings from drawing apart, so as to lengthen the belt and reduce the duff in the ribbon, a strip 2 of flexible material is preferably secured by stitching 3 to the under side of the ribbon. The

ends of the strip 2 are preferably secured to the end rings of the belt, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

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form to the curvature of the body and also v allow each row to be capable of a considerable longitudinal movement with reference vto the other row, so that the belt will always assume an easy and graceful position. The ends of the belt may be connected by any 6o suitable means, such as the buckle C, (shown in the drawings,) which is secured by clasps 5 to the rings at one end of the belt and is formed with hooks 6 for detachable engagement with the rings at the other end of the belt.

In some cases it may be desired to use a single row of rings for a fob or narrow belt, as shown in Fig. 3. In this construction the rings are connected together in the same 7o manner as in the preferred construction illustrated in Figs. l and 2.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An article of the class described, cornprising a row of rings arranged in lapping position and an interlaced ribbon,the ribbon passing through the rings in one direction only and passing alternately under the un- 8o derlapping and over the overlapping portions thereof, whereby the rings are held in lapped position.

2. In an article of the class described, the

combination of a row of overlapping rings Ivl5 and a ribbon passing over one side of each ring through the opening thereof and over the underlapping portion of an adjacent ring, thence being bent upon itself to pass under the overlapping portion of a secondring, sub- 9o stantially as described. ,f

3. An article of the class described, comprising a row of rings arranged in an overlapping position, a ribboninterlaced through said rings, and a strip lsecured along the rear side of the ribbon, for'the purpose set forth.

4. An article of the class described, comprising two rows of rings, the rings of each row being arranged in overlapping position, a flexible connection between said rows of rings, and a ribbon interlaced through the rings of each row, substantially as described.

5. .An article of the class described, comprising two rows of rings, the rings of each row being arranged in overlapping position, a ribbon interlaced through the rings of each row, each ring of one row being loosely connected with the corresponding ring in the other row, so that each row may have freedom of movement with' respect to the other row.

6. An article of the class described, comprising two rows of rings, the rings of each Arow being arranged in overlapping position,

EDITH O. VVHITTLESEV.

Vitnesses E. J. WHITTLESEY, C. W. MOORE.

requiring correction, as follows:

[slaan] upon the application of Edith O. `Vhittlesey, in f Ladies Belts, Collars or the like,

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 723,961, granted March 3l, 190% an error appears in. the printed specification g In line 3l, page l, the word overlapping should read zmderlappng and that the said'Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the oase in the Patent Oilice.

Signed and sealed this 23 day of June, A. D., 1903.

F. I. ALLEN,

Coimnissz'oner of Patents.

of St. Paul, Minnesota, for an iniprovement 

